Before you head to Segou for your tours, go through the Facts about Segou. The Facts about Segou says all about its location, history, geography and its attractions.
Ségou is a city situated in the south-central Mali stretching 235 kilometers northeast of Bamako beside the River Niger. The Facts about Segou says that Ségou was established by the Bozo people in the years1620 on a site approximately 10 kilometers from the present town. With more than 100,000 population, this is considered to be the third largest city in Mali.
Facts about Segou portrays that the city is now the capital of Mali's fourth largest secretarial area of Ségou. This is recognized also as the city of "Balanzan", which was named after the regional tree acacia albida. Segou owns plentiful conquests and changes of management, however it has always benefited from business with nearby commercial centers like Djenne and Timbuktu.
Ségou is also located at 240 km away from Bamako encompassing a surface area of more than 64 947 km². The area has a frontier with Mauritania at the north, Mali at the west and Sikasso, Burkina Faso at the south-east, Mopti, Koulikoro, Mali at the east, Mali at the south.
The culture of Segou region is varied. Segou's cultural heritage features traditional musical instruments, magnificent griots, folkloric crowds and the conventional masks and marionettes. The history of the Bambara's traditional religious practices is vague. They perform animism and fetishism as cultural practices that are also totemic and monism. The most renowned Segou handcrafts are founded on pottery, weaving, manufacturing of Bogolan, painting and sculpture. Segou is also considered as the capital of Malian pottery including a huge pottery district in Kalabougou, which is located on the left bank.
Segou town has two distinct architectural manners. The first style is the French regal style and the second style is conventional architecture: like Sudanese and neo-Sudanese. The Sudanese manner prejudiced communal building and significant residences. Monuments and grand mosques are also situated concerning this style.
It is one of the Facts about Segou that this city is recognized for its ceramic, its market and its fishing production. All the attractions in the old town of Ségou-Koro features Coulibaly's tomb, mosque and an antique tree. In the heart of city center, the main attraction is the water tower.
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